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Iraqi officials: Suicide bomber rams his car into police checkpoint in Baghdad, killing 19

Iraqi officials: Suicide bomber rams his car into police checkpoint in Baghdad, killing 19

Washington Examiner · October 14, 2014 2:28 pm

Thick smoke rises following an airstrike by the US-led coalition in Kobani, Syria while fighting continued between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Activists: Airstrikes hit jihadi targets in Syria

LEFTERIS PITARAKISBASSEM MROUE · October 14, 2014 2:15 pm

An Indian boy walks inside his house damaged in the Oct. 7 firing between Indian and Pakistan at the border area of Treava village in Arnia sector, in Jammu, India, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. Exchanges of fire are common along the tense and heavily guarded frontier, but this week's flare-up, which left more than 20 people dead, is the most serious violation yet of a 2003 cease-fire agreement. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Pakistani, Indian armies discuss border clashes

Munir Ahmed · October 14, 2014 2:08 pm

Protesters, mostly supporters of LGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders), stand next to a scribbled message during a candlelight protest to demand justice in the killing of a Filipino transgender Jeffrey "Jennifer" Laude, with a U.S. Marine as a possible suspect Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 in Manila, Philippines. Dozens of activists burned a mock U.S. flag as they protested at the U.S. Embassy in Manila on Tuesday, demanding that Washington hand over to the Philippines a U.S. Marine suspected in the killing of a transgender Filipino that the demonstrators labeled a hate crime. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Protesters demand Philippine custody of US Marine

Jim Gomez · October 14, 2014 1:44 pm

In this late Monday, Oct. 13, 2014 photo made with a slow shutter speed, lightning caused by volcanic materials containing electric charges that collide into each other is seen as Mount Sinabung erupts in Jeraya, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Mount Sinabung, among about 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia, has sporadically erupted since 2010 after being dormant for 400 years. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Image of Asia: Volcanic lightning on display

The Associated Press · October 14, 2014 1:42 pm

Magnitude 7.4 offshore quake hits Central America

Magnitude 7.4 offshore quake hits Central America

Marcos Aleman · October 14, 2014 1:09 pm

Girls comfort each others near a high school where a woman stabbed and killed a student and injured two other others in Zdar nad Sazavou, 120 kilometers (75 miles) southeast of Prague, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. Police spokeswoman Jana Kroutilova says the victim was a 16-year old boy. She says the 26-year-old female suspect also injured two teenage girls and a police officer before she was arrested. Police say the suspect was from a different Czech region and it was not immediately clear why she attacked the students. (AP Photo/CTK, Lubos Pavlicek) SLOVAKIA OUT

Woman kills teenager in Czech school attack

Washington Examiner · October 14, 2014 1:06 pm

UN health agency WHO says death rate in current Ebola outbreak has increased to 70 percent

UN health agency WHO says death rate in current Ebola outbreak has increased to 70 percent

Washington Examiner · October 14, 2014 12:58 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin heads the Human Rights Council in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirill Kydryavtsev, Pool)

Russian diplomat calls Australian leader immature

Rod McGuirk · October 14, 2014 12:39 pm

Romanian president accuses PM of being an ex-spy

Romanian president accuses PM of being an ex-spy

Alison Mutler · October 14, 2014 12:38 pm

WHO says there could be up to 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week in 2 months

WHO says there could be up to 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week in 2 months

Washington Examiner · October 14, 2014 12:37 pm

Members of the media take photographs of Greek Culture Minister Kostas Tassoulas, left, and lawyer Amal Clooney, after their meeting, in Athens, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. Lawyers Geoffrey Robertson and Amal Clooney arrived Monday on a four-day visit to meet government officials, including Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, and advise on Greece's quest to have the Parthenon Marbles returned to Athens. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Amal Clooney in Greece for Parthenon Marbles bid

Washington Examiner · October 14, 2014 12:30 pm